Tang Dynasty good man

Chapter [-] Stirring

When he woke up, his face was only half washed, and Steward Qian rushed to report that there was a disturbance in the wine steaming workshop in the village, and several big restaurants in the capital teamed up to block the door. The products could not be shipped out, so they yelled at the people from the Chen family to come out and give justice.

"Be careful." Ying took the towel in my hand and wiped my face while asking, "What justice do you want?"

"Thirty or so people said that our family..., ah no, the Chen family's wine is secretly sold to other powerful families, but they don't care about the friendship of the same merchants, and they don't say anything when they close down. Come to think of it, since life and death are at stake, why don't you come here and let the guards of the wine steaming workshop beat you to death." The housekeeper pointed to the dozens of burly men who had been organized outside the back house, "Madam, you and the young master Just give me a word, and the old man will be beaten out by those gangsters."

"Nonsense!" Ying frowned, "Have you reported to the police yet?"

"I just sent someone up, I guess this meeting will be here soon." Steward Qian stomped his feet a little annoyed, after all, the Wang family is getting up day by day, and the famous families in the capital have to give some face, but today they were opened by several households. The mess from the cafeteria came to the door, and he really couldn't swallow this breath.

"Hurry up and get back, even if you report the case, you will withdraw!" Before Ying could say anything, I hurriedly ordered: "Let people chase after you quickly, just say that your family has already solved it, don't trouble others, and be courteous. In terms of apologizing, no matter what, the official family is not allowed to interfere, go!" Once the government sends someone over, it will be a big trouble.The winemaking workshop at home is not clean. After the prohibition came down, they never stopped selling black box wine to the outside world. Some relationships must be maintained by this.Lan Ling also knew that the people in charge of the court also knew in their hearts that if the amount was not large, they would pass by with their eyes closed. No one wanted to offend others because of this matter.But this time it's different, those bastards are here to make trouble.Basically, they made a plan and asked the government to arrest them. Once they reported it to the officials, they would fall in their arms, and even if the officials didn't want to intervene, they would let it out as soon as the wind was heard, and the boss would take the blame. At home, it doesn't look good.If it doesn't work out, even the reputation will be so bad.Seeing that the butler sent someone to close the case, he asked, "Have you done anything over there?"

"Hey, the nurse in our workshop made a move. They didn't fight back. They just shouted: It's right to be beaten to death. It's easier than starving to death." After a few blows, it stopped. If you don’t fight back, it’s not easy to hit again.”

Heying looked at each other, and both shook their heads with wry smiles, "Send someone to call the fourth child of the dew water workshop to shut the house, not to come forward to answer, and to explain clearly to your mother's house. Others can't do anything even if they vomit on their faces. We waited for our family to beat someone to say something." Entered the house and changed into a plainer clothes and put on, "I will solve this matter, what should our workshop do. Go. Pass my word on, let's make trouble The head of the family sent a horse to rest, and the beaten Chen family paid cash, built five awnings, served tea, and stayed as long as they wanted. Tell them clearly that this is the Wang family's Zhuangzi, except for the Chen family's wine steaming workshop Outside that area. If you dare to go to the Zhuangzi to make trouble, don’t blame the Wang family for stealing and beating them.

"Where is my husband going?" He was walking towards the outside of the courtyard, but Ying stepped forward and grabbed him, "Our family can't get out of this matter. They haven't the guts to talk to the Wang family, so they just talk about the Chen family. Once you go over, it will be a matter." Take it here, there is no reason for our Wang family to get into this troubled water."

"I'll go and have a look. Go far away." Jianying was worried.Smiled, "It's a small matter. If you don't worry, follow me to have a look. Let's stand far away." This is not something that a few cafeterias dare to work together. The matter is too independent, and anyone with a discerning eye can clearly see it at a glance. It is certain that the Chen family took advantage of the Wang family's power to take this job, and maybe this time it was for the Wang family.

When I went out, I ran into the fourth child who was called back, with a face of reluctance. When I saw Ying and I came out, I rushed to complain: "Brother-in-law, don't go out to take care of it. If you delay for a few more days, the order from the court will not be paid!"

"Oh, you just rest at home for a day, and I'll go to the court to tell you that nothing bad will happen." Now I can only comfort you, whether you come down to hand over the work or not depends on whether the matter can be settled.

"I'll go to the princess to seek justice!" Seeing that what I said was meaningless, the fourth child immediately thought of this strong support.

"Stop it!" Ying slapped the fourth child on the forehead. At this time, the words of a sister are very useful. After the "slap", the fourth child covered his forehead and walked towards the back house honestly. The whole world was quiet.

It's not easy to handle. There are a group of people scattered around the door of the wine steaming workshop, and they have surrounded the door. A few of them are well-dressed, which is not something that ordinary people can wear. Maybe even the cafeteria shopkeeper, the boss and other high-level leaders have come. , The posture of tearing the skin.It's understandable when you think about it, the restaurant has made money in the past six months due to the hot weather, there are all kinds of vegetables and fruits, and there are many people going out to eat, and the number of customers has dropped by more than half once the wine stopped, especially for these large-scale restaurants, the losses are astonishing. , People even say that it is not an exaggeration to starve to death.

The two of them stood under the tree in the distance and watched helplessly, "A bunch of killers!" Biting their lips in a sly way, "You are a slippery one, calling the Chen family by name, why didn't you rush to our Wang family? ? Dozens of good skins have been peeled off!"

"Hehe..." Patted Ying on the shoulder and said with a smile: "He is not a melon seed, he will not mention the Wang family even if he is killed, and it is not to die when he comes to make trouble."

"It's not a problem if you go on like this. It's okay if you don't make money, but you can't lose face." Ying nodded, her face flushed. "It's all those restaurants who come up to make trouble, remember clearly, and settle accounts after the autumn! Let them know that not only the Wang family, but also the Chen family are not easy to provoke!"

While talking, the fourth child brought Lan Ling along to watch the excitement. It seems that Lan Ling came early today, and he stood by and watched with relish.The fourth child immediately posted a few words on Lanling's ears, and Lanling nodded with a smile.

Ying gave me a look, and I nodded knowingly.I went forward to greet Lan Ling, twisted the ears of the fourth child and dragged me home, looking at the backs of the two, Lan Ling stood beside me as a matter of course.

"I still obeyed your words, and dared to come up to block the door." Lan Ling smiled and played tricks beside him, "The government and businessmen colluded to oppress the common people, we 'Xian County Bo' are in a dilemma."

"Schadenfreude?" Collusion between government and businessmen has been criticized by the world since ancient times, and it is a taboo.How can I say that I am a member of the official family, and I am a bit powerful, although I am in-laws with the Chen family.But once it gets involved and the matter is not handled properly, once it is scratched by others, no matter what the reason is, then the words of collusion between the government and businessmen should be confirmed. "The collusion is true, where do you see me oppressing the people?"

"You can't help yourself to say this. The scene in front of you can be labeled as oppressing the people if you want to spread the word. Is it up to you to distinguish? You are not a person who is used to playing tricks, but also a master of learning and a strategist. I have a lot of fame, but I dare not wipe my face and play tricks, but I am embarrassed." Lan Ling glanced at me, and pulled me to stand in the shade under a tree farther away.

"Understood," I nodded, "Are you implying that I will transform and take the second-horizon route? To be honest, just beat these people out. Who can do me? I'm not afraid of being beaten to death. They commit crimes first, and the lawsuit I don’t care about it!”

"Oh?" Lanling laughed after hearing this, "It seems that you are really angry, it is very rare. You are not good at fighting. Just stop screaming, just like this is fine. Wei is not so straightforward , the dignified Earl beat up dozens of merchants, and spread the word to be ashamed."

"I know that too. But I don't dare to hit the duke..." He spread his hands helplessly, "Someone must have ordered this matter, and I didn't back it up. These bastards dare not come here to shout."

"Is it strange?" Lanling smiled faintly, and pulled me towards the house, "Your family has raised your head this time, and you haven't thought it through since the beginning of alcohol prohibition. Others don't care what your plan is, never give it to the court. Let’s start with the secret method of steaming wine. Some people can’t see it.”

"I offer a secret method, why can't they see it?"

"If you offer yours, others will just treat you as a prodigal son. But what do people think if you have the only privilege of brewing wine in your family? It is obvious that you have made a deal with the court! Don't think that you have the military. You can sit back and relax by ordering the order and grasping the mind of the imperial court. Liang, Cheng, and Qin can help you beat people, even kill them. But they can't help you build your reputation. If they don't ruin your foundation, they will ruin your reputation. What can you do?" After entering the house, Lan Ling whispered a few words to his maid, who responded and left. "Hold it for a few days. It seems that it is not a good thing for you to be the exclusive owner of wine making. It will hurt you instead. It is not worth the money. You don’t need to dig deep, it’s just that you’re blocking someone’s way of making money, anyone can do it.”

Talking about blocking money, then I blocked more this time.As far as Lanling is concerned, there is no need to dig clues for who. Any merchant in the capital with a big business must find someone to rely on later. If the business is not good, the protection fee will be less. If such a major incident happened in the business, he would definitely not stand idly by.People also put the family's interests first, and seeking revenge is a different matter, maybe it's the home of a friend who often travels together.Thinking of this, I felt a lot more relaxed, "Hehe, then it's possible for you too?"

"En," Lan Ling entered the study, tilted his feet up on the cool chair to show off his new shoes, with a smug expression on his face.He smiled and said: "Just to put pressure on you, I also have some businessmen attached to me, but unfortunately they didn't open a restaurant, or they would join in to trouble you. It's nothing more than wanting you to open an opening to sell their wine. They are all famous Only big restaurants dare to sell wine behind their backs, and ordinary small restaurants, you may not dare to accept it when you send it to them.”

"Speaking of it, the imperial court's prohibition does not pay attention!" caught Lan Ling's leak, and said unreasonably: "If it is strictly enforced, there will be no such thing." Although I know that this matter will never be avoided, It didn't work before, and it won't work in the future.How big the profit is, dare to take as much risk, human nature is greedy, it sounds uncommon for armed drug dealers and large pharmaceutical companies to participate in the research and development of drugs in later generations, let alone alcohol?

"Oh?" Lan Ling kicked off his shoes and sat up cross-legged, and asked with a smile, "What do you say? Is there a perfect plan?"

"It's better to block it than to block it. Whether the imperial court personally supervises the manufacturing or increases the tax on the brewing industry, it is more cost-effective than the ruthless prohibition now." In fact, the taxation of the brewing industry in this era is already scary high. If it is raised again, the general Small workshops are simply difficult to maintain. "Looking at the moment, the profit of the imperial court's own supervision is higher. In the long run, it is more in the national interest to gradually increase the tax. It is also possible for the imperial court and the private sector to control the taxation. There will be competition between each other, and it will also avoid the public workshop. If you are alone, you will lose your aggressiveness. The dog drives out the rabbit.”

"Sounds reasonable," Lan Ling nodded, "But no one can guarantee that the government-run workshop will use its power to bully its peers for its own benefit, and there will be no way to end the lawsuit."

"Then bullying is enough. The boat will be straight when it reaches the bridge. What are you afraid of? There will always be a strong one jumping out to run rampant, and then the weak will never stand still. It's a tug-of-war. There will always be a balance point, each with its own advantages It’s a two-way game.” These days, constrained by productivity and consumption power, even if the policy is liberalized, it is impossible to use the model of the 21st century to enforce it. We can only take one step at a time, and the right to regard the brewing industry as a Try it out.Just gain experience.

"What about you? Isn't your family a winemaking place? In this way, your own interests have also suffered a loss."

"My family, hehe." The biggest use of my family's winemaking is to make toilet water, which is a by-product, and it still follows the high-end and refined route.The output is small, the profit is high, absolutely do not fight with them.The boat is small and easy to turn around, once it gets stuck, it's a big deal to quit.Just make sure the toilet water is enough.My mother taught me back then: how to make porridge delicious?There is no trick, just one word, stir!Thinking of this, he smiled happily, "I won't tell you!"

"Slippery!" Lan Ling smiled happily, "You are a kind person at all. What you say is right, but in fact you still want to get your family out of the mud, and then you don't want others to take advantage of it, so you plan to mess up the situation. Drag everyone in and benefit from the chaos. It's really wicked to think like you."

"Understood what?" He gave Lan Ling a disdainful look, although I had this intention, it would be meaningless to say it, it seemed that I was selfish. "It's not enough for a woman to be a family."

"That's right." Lan Ling raised his head and smiled, "It's a good material to be wronged if you don't want to be an official. Smiling and harming people. With Cao Shangshu's ability, you two are a good pair."

"Mencius said: Smart women are easy to age. Good skin comes out of sleep." Seeing Lan Ling's time in a daze, he carefully thought about it for a while, "You seem to be lacking in sleep recently..."

"Go to hell!"

Now I have a handy thing. I originally planned to collect some statistics on the losses of the catering industry after the prohibition of alcohol, but I didn’t expect someone to come to my door. I was idle and I was idle. Accountant Hu called and asked him to go over and do a survey, about a percentage. Just hand it over to Lanling. This matter makes Lanling's statistics more efficient, and she has a lot of people.Of course, I will participate in the whole statistical process, which is very important.

Those people didn't just block the door blindly, some of them dragged people to pass soft words to Wang's house in a frivolous way, and they could only find the level of Butler Qian's speech.

"Go, tell them that there will be a resolution in January. It will be useless to block the door, and it will not affect the affairs of the Chen family at all." Taking advantage of the lunch break, he cut off the approximate time of Lanling and called the housekeeper Go spread the word, "Just say it clearly, if anyone doesn't leave home, write it down, and don't sell him any wine after one month!"

"Who said there will be wine in January?" The butler just left, and the fourth child stood behind me with a chopstick in his mouth, "Brother-in-law, there will be no wine for them in half a year. Our family can't keep up with work here. Seeing that the court has to wait Come to order more."

"When is it your turn to interrupt when the adults are talking?" Ying grabbed the fourth child's ear and pulled away, then glanced at Lan Ling, "But there is a way?"

"What can we do to slow down the army? Fight, if you can't fight, and you can't see the officials, do you want our village to take in more than 30 people who open restaurants?" This time, January is based on the endurance of the cafeteria, and it may not be possible here.He pushed Ying towards the dining table, she was still with Lan Ling. "Don't worry about it, I'll take care of it."

Now that they got the right word, the merchants had no reason to entangle any longer, and politely advanced the money for the tea they drank for the day, and returned home satisfied.There is also a temporary suspension of meetings at home.It depends on Lanling's ability. The Ministry of Industry must be working hard to open the wine shop. Although it won't open in a month, once the news spreads, it can relieve the pressure on the Wang family. It's not cancellation, that's not what Lanling can say, she doesn't have the ability, even the emperor has to think about it, now I can only pin my hope on the statistical report, the data in it will be slightly exaggerated, fabricated out of thin air, our bank's !

The past few days have been full, and I have no time to spare. I am busy falsifying the numbers, as if I am going back to my job, and I am not ordinary excited.who I am?For those who have published professional mathematics textbooks, no one dares to doubt the figures I calculated except Lanling. Although she has been doubting from the beginning to the end, she can't understand. What is double-entry debit and credit bookkeeping? I am the only one in the world who knows!Pretending to be a ghost, in fact, there is no need to be so troublesome. First, it will increase the sense of mystery, and second, it will miss the glorious years of state-owned banks.

"What did you do?" Lan Ling looked at the accounts I had sorted out dissatisfiedly, "Don't play tricks, draw the Jiugong Diagram?"

"It's right if you don't understand!" I took the two-year account books sent by several canteens, and filled in the numbers according to the list, "I don't fool you, what are you afraid of?"

"You can't fool anyone, it's related to the interests of the imperial court," Lan Ling said dissatisfiedly, "You've spent all your knowledge on fooling people. God is blind, why does he only care about this kind of people."

"God said: The imperial court's prohibition on alcohol is a big loss." He smiled and restored the number, "It's a loss if you don't get it. It's better to let them be anxious and anxious to do things. Don't worry!"